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As we say goodbye to 2006, I wanted to link up our best podcasts of the year for your listening pleasure as we ring in the New Year. In addition to some very informative podcast panels featuring other bloggers, we also had the good fortune of interviewing some top republican/conservative pundits and politicians.
2007 looks [...]

A tip of the hat to “Mark” in another thread:
I’m wondering if this blog will report that the Iraq military death toll for US soldiers just surpassed 3,000?
Probably not.
Comment by Mark | 12/31/2006 – 3:34 pm | Edit This
First, it is time to establish a historical reference point:
November 6, 2006
A total of 2,832 US [...]

Terrorists bomb Bangkok New Year’s celebrations, killing at least two.
Nine bombs exploded across Bangkok overnight, killing two Thai men, wounding 34 and forcing the cancellation of New Year celebrations in one of Asia’s liveliest party cities.
At least eight of the wounded were foreigners hit by explosions at around midnight where thousands of people would have [...]

A circulating e mail amongst the military:
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Get upset if you’re too busy to talk to them for a week.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are glad to see you after years, and will happily carry on the same
conversation you were having last time you met.
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Never ask for food.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no [...]

Yes, there are a whole lot of National Guard addicts. However, the addicts are not those in uniform, they are the politicians in Washington.
For a long time, though in the last five years when the addiction has become clear, the politicians have lost sight that the National Guard and Reserve, by their very [...]

Did Pat Buchanan say this?
We’re having trouble meeting recruiting goals. We met the goals this year, but in the previous years, we have not met recruiting goals. Some of our troops are not well-equipped. I believe we’re overextended in too many places.
and
I just don’t think it’s the role of the United States to walk into [...]

On the second day of EID………..
Pledging revenge, hundreds of mourners flocked to Saddam Hussein’s tomb in his home village in northern Iraq on Sunday, where the ousted leader was buried in private after being hanged for crimes against humanity.
“The Persians have killed him. I can’t believe it. By God, we will take revenge,” said a [...]

A little light, humorous weekend reading.

In a Newsweek exclusive, the man hired to videotape Saddam Hussein’s execution recalls the brutal dictator’s humble final moments:
‘I Saw Fear, He Was Afraid’
Instead of sending “Eid Greetings” that is the message and image that needs to be spread amongst the Islamic World. Sadly, it will not be used and exploited by the West out [...]

The results for the final round of the 1st Polipundit GOP ‘08 Poll is as follows:
Gingrich – 36%
Romney – 33%
Gilmore – 22%
Brownback – 9%
Point of interest; in both the poll here on Polipundit and the one I did with my New Jersey GOPUSA-NJ membership, John McCain finished last in the voting in the top-tier group, [...]

Not exactly a campaign slogan conservatives want to hear:

“I think I would appeal to true conservatives for whom conservatism doesn’t mean they’re angry at everybody,” Huckabee said in an interview with The Associated Press. “My brand of conservatism is not an angry, hostile brand. It’s one that says `conservative’ means we want to conserve the [...]

I think this rates as a “Kodak Moment:”

Robert Novak with more of those tax increase rumors:
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has quietly entered discreet conversations with members of Congress about a tax increase for upper-income Americans as part of bipartisan Social Security reform.
Since the 2006 Republican election defeats, the White House has not ruled out raising the cap on income subject to [...]

Baghdad:
BAGHDAD, Iraq The U-S military says three more Marines have been killed in battle in Iraq. With at least 106 deaths, that makes December the deadliest month this year for American troops. The Marines died yesterday of wounds from fighting in western Anbar province.
Crawford:
CRAWFORD, Texas — President Bush on Friday sent holiday greetings to all [...]

At a moment like this, I wish I had the writing wit of fellow blogger “The Ace.”
From The New York Times:
The Bush administration is considering an increase in troop levels in Iraq of between 17,000 and 20,000, which would be accomplished in part by delaying the departure of two Marine regiments now deployed in Anbar [...]